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Have done about 2/3 of this. All very happy so far but suddenly solved three clues where the missing letters can only occur in unchecked cells thereby giving me a choice of two letters to put in those cells. If that's the case, the only way I'll be able to decide which to enter in the grid will be to wait and see which letters make sense in the context of the 'instruction'. Could someone confirm that I've not gone wrong please?
I've not looked at the rest of this thread in case I inadvertently see any answers. Thanks

Simond That's the only way to do it!

Thanks (and phew!)

I think there are seven such cases, plus another affecting a checked cell. Fortunately they don't impede reading the message too much.

Grid 95% complete but got a few that are still holding out. Any chance of nudges (nothing too explicit please) for the following.....

18a
43a
9d (I have a lot of options for crossing letters but just can't see it)
20d I have a word that fits the wordplay and the crossers but, if it's correct, the definition is a bit weak.

Thanks

Simond9x - 18a is a well known Austrian painter.
43a is a type of fruit backwards inside a type of bread.
9d another name for human trunk in plural plus alternative 2 letter word for over.
20d first word is definition then think anagram.
Hope this helps!

Thanks smartie. I’d solved 18 and 9 in the meantime. You’ve confirmed what I had for 20d but I still think the definition is a little ‘tenuous’ as a synonym of the answer. So, now to look at 43 again and then onto the endgame.

Got 43 but not sure why there’s a plural - that had thrown me earlier.

Simond9x - I think “rolls” is a verb telling us that what it describes earlier is to be rolled over.

Doh! Of course it is rad, thanks. I got too fixated on it being a two-word term.